THE CHILDHOOD

7. - What the poet begins to do as he grows out of childhood.
15. - A key trait of childhood, often associated with purity and lack of experience.
16. - A deeper awareness the poet achieves as childhood fades.
17. - Something the poet gains as he grows older, causing a shift in his thinking.
18. - A key difference between adulthood and childhood.
20. - A place the poet realizes doesn’t exist as a physical location.

1. - The phase of life being reflected upon in the poem.
2. - What the poet realizes he starts to gain as he loses his childhood.
3. - The internal voice that the poet identifies as becoming stronger as he ages.
4. - A characteristic often associated with childhood that the poet reflects upon.
5. - The phase the poet contrasts with childhood.
6. - The type of thinking the poet discovers as he grows older, leading to questions about childhood.
8. - The poet's realization about the myths he believed during childhood.
9. - What the poet notices in adults, signaling the loss of innocence.
10. - What childhood is often filled with, according to the poet.
11. - What the poet feels adults often display in their actions.
12. - The poet’s moment of understanding about the loss of childhood.
13. - The abstract concept that passes and leads to the end of childhood.
14. - Where the poet believes his childhood may now reside.
19. - The poet's feeling about his childhood; he wonders where it has gone.